Opinion: Can We Talk About Mental Illness Now?

Editorial board member Dorothy Rabinowitz on Monday's shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.

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I ... but we ... don't know that some people ... have been shot ... at some of the deal ... so where can from him ... yet another Mashery ... and today it happened on a military installation ... in our nation's capital ... it's insured and the target of our military and civilian personnel ... for ... welcome to Opinion Journal I'm Mary Kissel that was present Obama yesterday ... commenting on the massacre at the maybe Artie in Washington DC ... and Democrats are using this as an excuse to bring a gun control again we had ... this comment from Senator Dianne Feinstein of California and I quote ... Congress must stop shirking its responsibility to resume a thoughtful debate on gun violence in this country ... we must do more to stop this endless loss of life ... editorial board member Dorothy Rabinowitz joins me now Dorothy ... we all the facts about this case but ... is gun control really the issue here because we do know is that alleged shooter ... air and Alexis had some pretty serious mental health issues well we don't want that you know this is not about gun control ... it really is amazing when you get into that quote just now ... how members of Congress and the spokesperson ages ... manage to work themselves into capacity be eaten up with this nonsense ... it so clearly not if the case of the man ... who was ... deranged ... and to our society continues as usual ... that Mary pace ... of ... bond full truth about ... privacy issues ... nobody knew the heater so we didn't know ... here's a man who had to restate ... record ... of violations should of won but everybody he shot up to the floor ... was a neighbor complained that is no one can shut out that high is ... confronted by the police he said I sure at this time but this man disrespected me ... Island into a few ... all the hallmarks ... of insanity ... range hostility or the things ... that you would never admit ... that it in in any place where there were guns when it was the guy he needed ... nonetheless ... he hath he'd got himself into a position where ... he was given the Department of Defense issued his to ... his and his past ... he was done ... you know send data beyond me ... with a dishonorable discharge which he compiled a record there ... we think ... that ... after all the pat downs at the airport to know most of the sins and you are ... and I say right they do and most of them do and they shouldn't complain about it ... that this guy managed to come into the Navy ... offices ... with a gun ... and go by without any security can they do periodic ... and pat downs of other people walking in ... a missed him ... now ... was ... you ... that tells you ... that ... we are still living in an age of the kind of political correctness ... that ... were raised a lot about privacy combine that with sheer ineptitude ... the fact and then combine that with the will of investments ... to avoid ... a confrontation with the fact that it is unquestionable ... the court could cheating tortillas and I are the main sellers outage but you know today is to everybody will be thinking about major loss on that they aren't already ... the same number of homicides but one ... of the same long trail ... of terrible behavior ... that any body was to stop this guy doesn't belong here ... this man went through ... I was talking about a minute left to ensure we touch on the politics here because ... Wes for Kenya Democratic Joe Manchin says he's not going to re induces background check bill so he knows that gun control is to ... get you how to senators like Dianne Feinstein the president the White House ... continuing to push for gun control what why would they do that ... even if it's politically unthinkable encounter I had to bring in the great literature but my Yellen to accommodate ... it essentially pointed out that the highest moment comedy silly when the same character comes on the same stage and does the same thing at the time and the audience laughs on cue ... for American should be doing now ... they should be laughing on cue ... and then you talking about how the ... government ... has lost its funds to protect the system this is all about ... the sequester sequester ... and the only thing but ... the truth which is ... we are swimming ... in it still is titled pool ... of America ... of of of worry about privacy security political correctness ... all the stains figures in this cautioned about stopping someone ... who is ... clearly crippled ... by mental illness by hostility by range ... on and by paranoia nobody that's because everybody's afraid to and I would like to add one thing when you think about nine eleven ... the fact ... that three ... Islam it mails ... and getting Ipoh at one am and didn't have the password he was the lead to what inhibits people ... behind the desk or table wait a minute we can't wait to have it I aam and what we know we Political back on its own direction well why are our thoughts go out to the tothe victims and their families to their friends ... let's have a debate about what really matters here mental home is anywhere board member Dorothy Rabinowitz ... thank you so much for being on mission ...